The College at the Falls - Revision history

Ahoussney: /* Other Infrastructure */

2018-02-11T19:43:32Z

‎Other Infrastructure

Ahoussney: /* Research influences and write about how they relate to our college */

2018-02-08T20:39:30Z

‎Research influences and write about how they relate to our college

Christina at 16:35, 24 January 2018

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Ahoussney: /* Network */

2018-01-23T19:56:39Z

‎Network

Ahoussney: /* The Clinic and Emergency Preparedness */

2018-01-23T19:55:10Z

‎The Clinic and Emergency Preparedness

Ahoussney: /* The Workshops */

2018-01-23T19:38:47Z

‎The Workshops

Ahoussney: /* The Workshops */

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‎The Workshops

Ahoussney: /* Tembo Falls College */

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‎Tembo Falls College

Ahoussney: /* Tembo Falls College */

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‎Tembo Falls College

Ahoussney at 19:00, 23 January 2018

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 ===Other Infrastructure===
 *Hydroelectric + micro grid including ditches
 *Roads/bridges
 *Information (off-line intranet? + limited connectivity?)

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 **[https://www.deepsprings.edu Deep Springs' Campus]
 **[https://www.greenschool.org Green School Bali] with a [https://www.archdaily.com/81585/the-green-school-pt-bambu remarkable design] [https://www.designboom.com/architecture/pt-bamboo-pure-green-school-bali/ 2]
 ==Network: Friends of the College==

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 **[https://www.greenschool.org Green School Bali] with a [https://www.archdaily.com/81585/the-green-school-pt-bambu remarkable design] [https://www.designboom.com/architecture/pt-bamboo-pure-green-school-bali/ 2]
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+==Network: Friends of the College==
 *Architects, Designers and Builders

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	===The Clinic and Emergency Preparedness===		===The Clinic and Emergency Preparedness===
		+	Owing to the remoteness of the college a clinic should be onsite to meet the needs of the community and potentially the nearby community as well.
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		+	A firecrew and firefighting equipment should also be on hand.

	===Community Spaces===		===Community Spaces===

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 ===The Workshops===
-In order to maintain the campus, the farm equipment and the infrastructure, the College will maintain workshops to facilitate wood and metal fabrication and vehicle and machinery service and repair. The workshops will serve as learning laboratories as well, with CNC machines, 3D printing, metal casting, and equipment to service and rebuild electronics and communication gear as well as the ability to service and repair the hydroelectric generations and electrical grid.
+In order to maintain the campus, the farm equipment and the infrastructure, the College will maintain workshops to facilitate wood and metal fabrication and vehicle and machinery service and repair. The workshops will serve as learning laboratories as well, with CNC machines, 3D printing, metal casting, and equipment to service and rebuild electronics and communication gear as well as the ability to service and repair the hydroelectric generators and electrical grid.
 ===The Clinic and Emergency Preparedness===

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 The College will annually seek to admit 12-14 students from young people of the highest intellectual and moral caliber from all walks of life within Zambia and beyond through the student-led [[Applications Committee]]. By accepting a free education at Tembo Falls College, a student agrees to live a life of dedication to the ideal of Christian service to humanity.
-The College will have a [[long-term faculty]] of 5-6 mentor-teachers. These people will be both exemplary in Christian life and character, as well as accomplished individuals within one of 6 broad areas of expertise as well as having multidisciplinary competence. They should come in roughly equal proportions from a mix of Zambian, broader African and international backgrounds. These positions will be paid at Zambian salaried rates, however faculty will be encouraged to seek external financial support if needed to supplement their salaries.
+The College will have a [[long-term faculty]] of 5-6 mentor-teachers. These people will be both exemplary in Christian life and character, as well as accomplished individuals within one of 6 broad areas of expertise as well as having multidisciplinary competence. The college will also have a [[short-term faculty]] of 3-5 at any one time. These short-term positions will be unpaid, drawing mainly from the ranks of academics, and leaders of the church, non-profit and business spheres who are able to take a furlough or sabbatical from their ordinary lives. The positions will be marketed as opportunities to spend 2-4 months with few responsibilities and incurring no expenses while living in a remote and  remarkable community. These staff will be able to focus the majority of their time writing, contemplating, preparing or studying. They will be provided with comfortable living and healthy, tasty food in exchange for teaching one or two socratic-style courses and mingling with students over meals and at community events.
-The broad areas will be:
+The [[Curriculum Committee]], consisting of selected students plus at least one staff member, will oversee faculty recruitment and course offerings focused on developing critical thinking, creativity, exploring and interacting with the world of ideas (including uncomfortable or inconvenient ideas) among other liberal arts, sciences, and practical technologies.
-*Communication; rhetoric, writing, and media
+The [[Student Body]] will regulate it's own affairs through weekly student body meetings. Elections will be held for Student Body President, as well as for key positions such as the [[Labor Commissioner]]. They will also democratically set the norms and rules of College life, appoint Committees and to oversee all responsibilities relating to academic life and community functioning.
-*Mathematics and accounting
-*Sciences and Technology (programming)
-*Spiritual formation, Bible and theology
-*Agriculture and food production
-*Manufacturing, infrastructure and maintenance
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-One of these long-term staff will be elected by the student body to serve as college president and one will serve as chief administrator for overlapping 4-year terms. The staff will serve at the pleasure of student body through the recommendations of the student-led [[Curriculum Committee]].
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-The College will have a [[short-term faculty]] of 2-4 at any one time. These short-term positions will be unpaid, drawing mainly from the ranks of academics, and leaders of the church, non-profit and business spheres who are able to take a furlough or sabbatical from their ordinary lives. The positions will be marketed as opportunities to spend 2-4 months with few responsibilities and incurring no expenses while living in a remote and  remarkable community. These staff will be able to focus the majority of their time writing, contemplating, preparing or studying. They will be provided with comfortable living and healthy, tasty food in exchange for teaching one or two socratic-style courses and mingling with students over meals and at community events. This will provide valuable opportunities for cross-pollination of ideas and experiences and become a valuable experience for both student and teacher. The short-term faculty will typically teach classes within their specific areas of thought, work or study and can be drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds.
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-The [[Curriculum Committee]], consisting of selected students plus at least one staff member, will oversee faculty recruitment and course offerings. The following courses will be mandatory and ongoing whenever school is in session: Public Speaking (weekly events), Writing, Biblical and Theological Studies. The following practical courses should be taken at least once for a minimum of a full semester by each student: Regenerative Agriculture, Principles of Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Media and Communication, Managerial Accounting. Other curriculum is at the discretion of the student body but should be focused on developing critical thinking, creativity, exploring and interacting with the world of ideas (including uncomfortable or inconvenient ideas) among other liberal arts, sciences, and practical technologies.
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-The [[Student Body]] will regulate it's own affairs through weekly student body meetings. Elections will be held for student body president, as well as for key positions such as labor commissioner, Curriculum committee chairperson, Admissions committee chairperson, Communications Committee chairperson and possibly farm manager and livestock manager.The student body will also maintain, adjust and amend the Book of Order. They will have the responsibility to censure student's and staff whose behavior is becoming problematic and, in extreme cases by a 2/3 majority, to ask them to leave the community.
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-The [[Labor Commissioner]] will assign students to fill positions of specific labor responsibility for terms of varying lengths of time, according to the general direction of the student body and taking into account the specific work requests of students. Examples of labor positions would be: Senior and Junior Cook, Office Manager, Dairy Manager, Baker, Butcher, Mechanic's Assistant, Groundskeeping Crew, Farm Crew, General Labor Crew, Food Preservation, Herdsman etc... In addition to these specific jobs, in season, students will be expected (and faculty will be encouraged) to work together on communal tasks such as preparing fields, weeding and harvesting.
 Three years of intensive application to the tasks of labor, character development, academic pursuits and management of the College's affairs will prepare students for an optional year 4, the [[Startup incubator]] and Launchpad period. Students who wish to continue their academic pursuits will be allowed to diverge at this transition point and optionally return later for the incubator and launchpad program, however there is an advantage to continuing to this phase with same peer group. During the launch pad phase, students will be encouraged to form working groups or, optionally, to proceed individually, to explore ideas for their future. These ideas should be studied, taken in consultation, and narrowed down in the first 3 months of the period. The second six months will be a period of study, refinement and articulation of the idea. A modest budget for travel and networking will be provided during this phase. At the end of this period a "[[Lion's Den]]" will be held where investment partners will be invited to hear the presentations and to invest if they like the ideas.

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	== Tembo Falls College==		== Tembo Falls College==